Tag Archives: Texas Legislature
Citing Observer Report, Senators Vow Stronger Protection for Texans Under Guardianship
Hearing seeks solutions for courts’ weak safeguards for vulnerable Texans.
Lawmakers were stunned by reports that county courts pay little attention to guardianship cases, leaving vulnerable Texans open to abuse and theft....Read More
The Texas Miracle #15: The Woman Who Didn’t Exist
A homeschool runaway's fight for identification, Ken Paxton's latest ethical missteps, and Greg Abbott's back-door abortion limits.
This week we've got the story of a homeschool runaway's fight for identification, and we'll talk about Ken Paxton's latest ethical missteps and Greg Abbott's ba...Read More
The Interview: Judge John Dietz on Texas’ School Finance Crisis
Now that he’s retired, the judge who found Texas’ school finance system unconstitutional has a few things to say.
“Goddamn! What is more important than education?” says Judge John Dietz, who found Texas' school finance system unconstitutional. The Texas Supreme Court ha...Read More
A Runoff Campaign with Conviction in Fort Bend County
If Texas state Representative Ron Reynolds loses his fight against a 2015 conviction for ambulance chasing, the popular Fort Bend County Democrat may go to jail...Read More
Are Big Donors Abandoning Attorney General Ken Paxton?
Campaign finance reports suggest some donors are quietly rethinking their support of embroiled attorney general Ken Paxton even as top GOP leaders stay mum....Read More
Sid Miller, Shotgazi and the End of the Texas GOP
Sid Miller's offering a grad course in buffoonery, and Ken Paxton's not far behind. Is it the end of the Texas GOP? Maybe, but things can always get worse....Read More
Green on Green
A Texas Supreme Court candidate with a checkered past may be betting on confusion at the polls.
Rick Green, a lawyer and former diet pill lobbyist has his sights on a Supreme Court seat — one that belongs to an incumbent judge who shares his surname....Read More
Senators Split on Sanctuary Cities at Interim Hearing
At a Senate committee meeting on “sanctuary cities” on Friday, Texas lawmakers strongly disagreed on how, or whether, to pass legislation that would penaliz...Read More
Atheist Lege Candidate Hopes for a Texas Miracle
No Democrat running in this conservative stronghold has a clear path to the Legislature, really, but Cristin Padgett is going out on a limb to let voters know f...Read More